The Gala is being held on March 13th at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel and will feature U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. Portia DeRossi will be presented with the HRC Visibility Award and Kathy Griffin will be receiving the Ally for Equality Award.

F.A.I.R. is a group that was formed to fight for marriage equality in California. One of the founders of the F.A.I.R. organization, Dayna Frank, contacted Foundation’s LA producer Stacy Paris for help creating a PSA using the Shepard Fairey “Love Unites” ) poster image for which they secured the rights to use (he also designed the Obama HOPE poster). Creative Director Samantha Hart called upon writer, Julie Hall, for help in word-smithing a powerful piece for which everyone’s favorite directing duo, Focus Creeps, traveled to San Francisco and Los Angeles to work with real families and couples to shoot candid moments of them in their homes or playing with their children. The footage was edited by Tom Pastorelle and cut together with graphic images and additional photography shot on our stage.

Marriage Equality is not just a California issue, but an issue the whole country is facing.

Foundation’s Stacy Paris says, “We are proud to have been given the opportunity to contribute to the cause and thrilled that our piece has been selected for this prestigious event.”